Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Military Education

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:18:57Wargaming the diplomatic, military, and economic decisionsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:04:48Specialist institutions and officer rotationsNotable Point
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:40:34Operation Sea Lion wargames and training objectivesNotable Point
  4. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    59:28Sims linked officer education to the public case for sea powerNotable Point
  5. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:04:11Success preserved Japan's elite pilot-training modelNotable Point
  6. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:39:37Doctrine fails when experts assume their own knowledgeNotable Point
  7. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:51Military discipline in Starfleet AcademyQ&A
  8. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    30:05Why officers retrain as they move up the chain of commandNotable Point
  9. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:15:33Why military experience needs to be kept currentNotable Point
  10. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:01:47Assessing Taiwanese resistance from military studentsNotable Point
  11. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    11:00Why troops need political context in the fieldQ&A
  12. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    45:42Teaching officers from China and Taiwan togetherNotable Point
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    6:32:28Staff College quotas and the move beyond technical trainingNotable Point
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    3:40:33Exam entry and sponsored places at staff collegeQ&A
  15. Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:10:23Where to study war and warfareQ&A
  16. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    40:52Why informal naval education could not keep pace with mass politicsNotable Point
  17. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)
    1:33:52Anna uses dependent ministers to escape aristocratic controlChapter
  18. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:27Translating infantry experience into civilian careersNotable Point
  19. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:35:29The operational culture Tōgō left JapanChapter
  20. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:38:46Symbolic heroes versus the people who shape naval cultureNotable Point
  21. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:41:02Naval history beyond battle narrativesChapter
  22. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:21:27Why Red Storm Rising works as a strategy exerciseQ&A
  23. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:31:24The Hunt for Red October illustrates command structureQ&A
  24. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:39:20The education and logistics gap behind Japanese tacticsNotable Point
  25. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:40:04British map-reading instruction after the Boer WarNotable Point
  26. Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!
    32:51Education and officer recruitment as strategic bottlenecksNotable Point
  27. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    49:04Rory Stewart's grand-strategy credentialsNotable Point
  28. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    59:56How bad geography can persist into strategic targetingNotable Point
  29. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    45:22Castle Federation carriers as the fleet coreChapter
  30. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:46:47An impractical Hermes replacement can still train designersQ&A
  31. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:50:27Alternate history works best near the point of divergenceNotable Point
  32. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:33:49Selecting commanders before their wartime ability is knownNotable Point
  33. Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian
    1:05:31Science fiction as a bridge into historical analysisNotable Point
  34. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    5:41Why capital ships need a balanced fleetNotable Point
  35. Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology
    50:23Why historians study mistakes made in bloodNotable Point
  36. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    17:03Why WATU used repeated war gamesChapter
  37. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    30:40A floor plot recreates uncertainty at seaNotable Point
  38. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    58:29Which wargaming medium best supports learning?Q&A
  39. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    39:13Science fiction as a laboratory for naval doctrineNotable Point
  40. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    2:31:33Compare fictional fleets with historical formationsNotable Point
  41. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    1:24:12Canada trains a force designed to expandNotable Point
  42. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    1:33:05Canada's specialist influence in peacekeepingNotable Point
  43. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:12:47The Codex Astartes as a doctrine analogyNotable Point
  44. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:14:17Why naval teaching must explain the fundamentalsNotable Point
  45. Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)
    2:09:23Teaching no-win decisions through abstraction and historyNotable Point
  46. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)
    45:12Technical services depend on educated military professionalsNotable Point
  47. Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response
    25:29Why an American-backed coup in Britain was implausibleQ&A
  48. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    59:18Using counterfactuals to teach strategic choiceQ&A
  49. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    13:47War presents dilemmas rather than tidy problemsChapter
  50. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    16:19A fast route becomes a trap when the enemy attacks the supply lineNotable Point
  51. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    58:25Operation Medusa leaves civilian harm and responsibility disputedChapter
  52. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    1:08:00Science fiction gives students distance to test strategic reasoningNotable Point
  53. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    1:41:22Training scenarios teach when to accept a lesser victoryNotable Point
  54. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    28:21Why captains need preparation before becoming admiralsNotable Point
  55. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:20:23Why starship command does not equal land-warfare expertiseNotable Point
  56. Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 63
    13:52Strategic debate builds better thinkingNotable Point
  57. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    28:20Q&A: can theorists lack command experience?Q&A
  58. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:45:52Q&A: how practitioners can use civilian strategistsQ&A
  59. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:49:36Logistics lessons later read by HaldaneNotable Point
  60. The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol
    13:42Selim III inherits an Ottoman court already pursuing reformChapter
  61. Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices
    20:24Doctrine only works when people learn itChapter
  62. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    2:00:33Postwar recovery requires political and military institutionsTranscript Excerpt
  63. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    2:06:57A retired commander gives a new staff college continuityNotable Point
  64. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    3:44:23Conflict Unending treats fleet war as an industrial contestChapter
  65. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    4:05:23Science fiction separates strategy from inherited loyaltiesNotable Point
  66. Four Random Books 27: Tom Clancy
    17:20Red Storm Rising has shaped decades of classroom war gamesNotable Point
  67. Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments
    4:22Why national defense depends on education and infrastructureQ&A
  68. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    2:32:15Professional expertise inside the Royal MarinesNotable Point
  69. Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys
    1:28:28Why the Falklands War can fall outside Canadian history teachingQ&A
  70. WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol
    20:11Military budgets depend on national capacityNotable Point